SwimSwam Pulse: 58% Felt IOC Decision Was Too Soft On Russia

More than half of respondents said they felt the IOC's decision didn't go far enough, and only 17.3% - 172 total votes felt it was too strict a punishment. Archive photo via Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com

The Golden Goggle Awards are USA Swimming’s yearly awards gala, and they’ll happen tonight in New York City. You can follow along on the USA Swimming website, which will livestream the event. Follow the link here.

Our most recent poll asked SwimSwam readers to weigh in on the International Olympic Committee’s decision to heavily restrict which Russian athletes could and could not compete at the 2016 Rio Olympics:

RESULTS

Question: Did the IOC Decision on Russia at the 2016 Olympics…

Not go far enough?- 58.0%

Hit the nail on the head? – 24.7%

Go too far? – 17.3%

More than half of respondents said they felt the IOC’s decision didn’t go far enough, and only 17.3% – 172 total votes – felt it was too strict a punishment.

The results are a little skewed by the fluidity of the situation. When we posted the poll on July 26, it appeared that 7 Russian swimmers – including 2012 Olympic medalists Yulia Efimova, Vladimir Morozovand Nikita Lobintsev– would miss out on the Rio Olympics.

We’ve already seen Daria Ustinovaswim the 100 back and Natalia Lovtcovaswim the 100 fly. That means 5 of the 7 originally banned swimmers have already competed in Rio, suggesting that whichever organization truly did have the final say could be safely counted in the 17.3% of voters who felt the original punishment went too far.

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Swimmer34

The International Paralympic Committee just announced its ban on Russia which is exactly what the IOC didn’t have the guts to do. Very thankful that justice will at least be served at the Paralympic Games.

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anonymoose

just wait until the last days before paralympics start.. they’ll all be allowed to start..

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Chips and COOKIES

You mean go *too far…..

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ExVladFan

They didn’t go far enough, why would Russia stop systematic doping in the future if somehow athletes with legit medal chances get to swim via appeals…..

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